climate change
Climate Agreement in December: A Miracle in Paris?
Financing of the efforts to mitigate the climate-change effects and provide resources to the affected countries is an important element of the next international agreement. Progress on commitment of resources to fund climate projects has been, as expected, sluggish.
31 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Alarm over Cambodia ‘timber grab’
Ancient, highly valuable forests are being lost at an "unprecedented" rate from protected lands in Cambodia, according to a new report.
30 July 2015, 05:35 AM
UNDP and BDCyclists organise climate change awareness cycling event
UNDP in association with BDCyclists organise cycling event to raise public awareness on climate change.
24 July 2015, 08:55 AM
US to help Bangladesh to mitigate global warming
US express firm willingness to stand beside Bangladesh for mitigation and adaptation of the adverse effect of the global warming.
24 July 2015, 07:40 AM
Agenda for adaptation solutions
The Government of France is going to host the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris from November 30 to December 11, where it is expected that a new climate change agreement will be signed.
21 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Mayors at Vatican seek 'bold climate agreement'
Dozens of environmentally friendly mayors from around the world demand that their national leaders take bold steps at the Paris climate talks this year.
21 July 2015, 12:02 PM
BANGLADESH'S CLIMATE DIPLOMACY
As countries are preparing for the next set of negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in France in December this year...
30 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Pope to urge swift action on global warming
Pope Francis will call for swift action to protect the Earth and fight global warming, according to a leaked draft of the pontiff's encyclical.
16 June 2015, 05:34 AM
SILOS OR PUZZLE?
Over the last decade, Bangladesh has spent over half-a-billion US dollars on hundreds of projects to tackle climate change.
29 May 2015, 18:00 PM
No let-up in massive India heatwave
Heatwave conditions continue to sweep India where more than 1,100 people have died in the past week, officials say.
27 May 2015, 04:12 AM
Looming conflicts over water
The inability to access water due to deniability by another nation could potentially lead to conflict. Regional cooperation can lead to better planning
and coming to terms on a pricing mechanism on water must become a priority issue for policymakers of countries in our region.
25 May 2015, 18:00 PM
UN chief seeks 'global action' on climate change
UN chief Ban Ki-Moon calls for "global action" this year to limit climate change as international weather experts began a quadrennial congress in Geneva.
25 May 2015, 15:03 PM
Thunder Clouds in the Horizon?
The global climate change is expected to have possible devastating effects on lives, livelihood and economy in most countries.
24 May 2015, 18:00 PM
China readies national carbon market to fight climate change
A successful carbon offset, or "cap-and-trade," market could play a big part in cutting China's emissions -- and help the world tackle global warming.
24 May 2015, 08:43 AM
Contribution of forests to end hunger
A new United Nations-backed report on the link between forests and food production and nutrition says that woodlands could be the key to ending hunger and will be intimately linked to the global fight against climate change.
18 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Antarctic ice shelf could collapse by 2020: Nasa
NASA scientists says the remnants of the Larsen B ice shelf, much of which already disintegrated back in 2002 will completely collapse by 2020, reports The Washington Post
16 May 2015, 06:53 AM
Climate change: Nature's wrath hits hard
The warnings could not have been more severe: a monster named Haiyan was coming, a storm carrying rains at wind speeds no one on Earth had ever seen or felt before, so strong it could sweep the sea inland.
18 April 2015, 12:43 PM
Tracking climate finance
AT the global level, developed countries have pledged to provide $100 Billion every year starting from 2020 to developing countries to tackle
13 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Meeting the challenges of climate-induced calamities
FOR more than 40 years, the earth has been sending distress signals.
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh political impasse impeding economic progress: US
The United States has said the violent political impasse in Bangladesh unfortunately is impeding the economic progress
26 March 2015, 01:48 AM